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Annuity Owners Are You Confused? Call Today for a FREE Report that Could Help 1-866-726-1312, ext. 224 HFI Securities, Inc. Member FINRA Metro 1 WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 10, 2008 ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH STLTODAY.COM B7 Funeralnotices Cherishedandadoredbest friendandhusbandofJoan fatherandfather-in-lawof Jeffrey(Ashley)Quicksilver; andbrother-in-lawofCharles (Michelle)Birkeandthelate Allan(thelateDoris)Oglander; Hislifewascenteredonhis preciousfamily.Hefeltblessed andwassoproudofhiswife, wasanavidandchampion decadeslongregularfoursome. Toallwhoknewandlovedhim, hewillberememberedasa gentleman.

Services: FuneralService p.m.atUnitedHebrew Roadwithintermenttofollow atNewMt.SinaiCemetery, 8430GravoisRoad.Visitation forMr.Quicksilver1:00p.m., WednesdayatUnitedHebrew. Contributionsappreciatedtothe QuicksilverFundforColoRectal JewishHospitalFoundation, 600S.TaylorAve.,St. RINDSKOPF-ROTH Service. Wed.11a.m.untiltimeof Serviceat1p.m.,MahnTwin (neeHenderson)age61onSun. Sept.7,2008.Belovedwifeof DoyleH.Rayfieldfor35years.

DearestmotherofDouglas Ellen(Jerry)StricklanandDavid grandmotherof11andgreat grandmotherof2.Beloved daughterofShirleyPipesand sisterofJim(Kerry)Henderson, Candi(Jeff)GeschandCheryl Services: FuneralatKUTIS mentShepherdHillsCemetery. butionstotheAlzheim- VisitationTues.3-8p.m. Jean transitionSunday, afteralongillness. BelovedhusbandofMary BakerRuweandthelateGloria Pohle.Specialfriendtothe CharlesandKathyPohle DonnaBakerfamiliesandfriend tomany. Mr.Ruwegraduatedfrom BeaumontHighSchool, WashingtonUniversityandwas amemberoftheThetaXi Fraternity.

Dickservedwiththe75th threebronzeservicestars.His VeteransBattleoftheBulge Chapterplanstoerecta6ft. bronzeGIStatueinJefferson BarracksParkinthevicinityof aMonumentnorthofPower Museum. Services: AMemorialService 10610ManchesterRoadin Kirkwood.Inlieuofflowers, memorialsappreciatedtoVBOB St.LouisGateway 63123. DearsonofNellieElizabeth SamuelandthelateRobertH. neighborandfriend.

Harryretiredastheownerof Berkeley. Services: GravesideServiceon a.m.MemorialGatheringon NaturalBridgeatI-170(314- contributionsto SHEPARDFUNERAL CHAPELtooffsetfuneral expenses. (neeWaites)onSeptember9, 2008. BelovedwifeofCharlesE. (Donna)FrancisandPatricia motherofKim(Derek)Hart, grandmotherofChaseand LiblaandthelateMyraVavak Robert(Marge)Warrickand andfriendtomany.

Mostimportantpartof Services: FuneralfromKUTIS NationalCemetery.Visi- St.SabinaCatholicChurch,Flor- Belovedwifeofthelate RobertW.Scott;lovingmother (Kim)ScottandthelateJudy dearsisterofGeneBurrusand andfriend.Memorialsmaybe ationandtheAutismResearch Institute. Services: TheStygarFamilyof FuneralServiceiscaringfor Sept.11at10:00a.m.atthe STYGARMIDRIVERSFuneral (St.Charles).IntermentOakHill Cemetery(Kirkwood). www.stygar.com FortifiedwiththeSacramentsof HolyMotherChurch. DearhusbandofKimberly fatherofRyan(Danielle)and JakeSehnertandJanSehnert. Hewasprecededindeathbyhis parentsJohnandCarolSehnert.

Services: MemorialMass RosaryCatholicChurch, Warrenton. Memorialsmaybemadeto NationalBrainTumorFounda- tionincareofPitmanFuneral MO63383.Shareyour condolencesandmem- oriesatwww.pitmanfu- neralhome.com St.Peters,MO,Sept.8,2008, age68.CremationbytheBaue Crematory.Private memorialservicelater. BAUEFuneralHome. ServiceThurs.10am, EmmausHomeChapel. Heissurvivedby EdwasaNavyVeteranof WorldWarIIandservedinthe PacificOperations.Hespenthis workingcareerintheSt.Louis shoemanufacturingindustry.

Services: Therewillbea memorialservicetocelebrate SpiritLutheranChurchinSunset p.m.Visitationwithfamilyand Saturdayandagainfollowing the2p.m.serviceatthechurch. Memorialsmaybegivento: LutheranChurch. (ArrangementsbyJOHN L.ZIEGENHEIN&SONS). heldatafuturedate.Memorials totheHumaneSocietyofMO. Heiligtag-LangFendlerService.

Belovedwifeofthelate RichardM.Weiss;dearmother andmother-in-lawofJean(Dave Kester)WeissofMinneapolis, (Amber)KesterandJohnKester, great-grandmotherofAnnalee, sister-in-lawofthelate Margaret(thelateSidney) LittmanandJacob(Audrey) andfriend. Services: Funeralservice a.m.atCentralReform atKingshighway.Novisitation priortoservice.Private interment.Memorial contributionspreferredtothe stlbeacon.orgorDr. UniversitySchoolofMedicine, 660S.Euclid,63110. BERGERMEMORIALSERVICE. MOpassedawayAugust21, KathleenKlein.Alsosurvivedby stepsonsVincentBangeand PatCappellaandCarolWarren.

Precededindeathbyhisfirst stepsonJohnBange. Mr.Whitewasanenergetic andindustriousmanwhobuilt toyshimself. Hewillalsoberemembered fondlybyallthefriendsheand KatherinemadeatSt.Joseph’s heannuallylecturedstudentsat theirschoolontheexperience ofgrowingupinthegreatde- pression. Services: Avisitationwilltake withMr.White’scre- mainstobeinterredin Louis. Pat 80Sept.9,2008.ServiceFri.,1 p.m.ZierenDayFuneralHome, Carlyle.VisitationThurs.,5-8 p.m.BurialMcKendreeChapel tionwithFamilyonSat.from at11a.m.,Elias,Kallal&Schaaf 20MasonicNotice KingSolomonLodgeNo.95 H.Nosser,Jr.,WM ScottishRiteMensClub ofSt.Louis 3633LindellBlvd.

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9, 2008) at her home in Clayton from complications of colon cancer. She was 83. Ms. Weiss was the of Famous-Barr and most recently of stores in St. Louis from 1959 until her retirement last year.

Her job title put her in charge of handling public relations, community relations and special events for the department stores. But her passion was helping people. She used her u- ence at Famous to persuade her bosses at the department store chain to sponsor a host of worthy causes. She helped produce the rst major Fourth of July celebrations on the St. Louis riverfront, from 1964 until 1978.

They were the forerunners of the VP Fair. For decades, Ms. Weiss worked tirelessly to promote the annual St. Louis Book Fair, one of the largest and oldest charity book sales. The fair is a major supporter of disadvantaged children through the Nursery Foundation of St.

Louis, the rst interracial day nursery and child care center in Missouri. Ms. Weiss tooled around in her car, picking up new and used books, records, tapes, CDs and magazines from people all across town. But it was sponsorship that helped make the Book Fair a lasting success. The fair is now held at the West County Shopping Center each spring and remains a sponsor.

Ms. Weiss cared passionately about her causes, and colleagues say she fearlessly lobbied senior management. would just go down the hall and into their ces to make it recalled Debbie Podgorski, who worked for Ms. Weiss for 32 years. Ms.

Weiss lobbied to make facilities accessible for people with disabilities years before the law required it. During the 1970s, she got the downtown Famous store to hire both black and white Santas. After bought Famous in 2006, she urged the new owners to keep the downtown store open. A revitalized downtown needs a department store, she said. Ms.

liberal causes were well-known with upper management, and she was a longtime board member of the American Civil Liberties Union here. She proudly called herself a liberal, and when critics accused Democrats of being ad- vocates for and she would say: what is wrong with Ms. Weiss graduated from University City High School and Washington University. She is the widow of Richard M. Weiss, a producer and reporter at KSDK-TV.

The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m Friday at Central Reform Congregation, 5020 Waterman Boulevard. Visitation will be from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Friday at 710 South Hanley Road, Apartment 17B, Clayton, and again after 7 p.m. Saturday.

Burial will be private. Among the survivors are a daughter, Jean Weiss of Minneapolis; a son, Richard H. Weiss of Richmond Heights; six grandchildren; and three great- grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri, 454 Whittier Street, St. Louis, Mo.

63108; or Dr. Parkinson Research Program, Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, Mo. 63110. 314-340-8347 Activist, retired executive was longtime of Famous-Barr Helen Weiss Weiss W.D.

Mohammed CHICAGO The imam who succeeded his father as leader of the Nation of Islam but abandoned its teachings of black supremacy and moved thousands of its followers into mainstream Islam died Tuesday. He was 74. Imam Mohammed went by both Warith Deen Mohammed and Wallace Muhammad. When his father, Elijah Muhammad, died in 1975, his son was named leader of the Chicago- based Nation of Islam, which promoted self-reliance and black supremacy, a belief that mainstream Muslims consider heretical. Imam Mohammed quickly abandoned that teaching and led the Nation toward orthodox Islam, emphasizing the message of racial tolerance.

He had been a friend of Malcolm who abandoned the Nation to embrace mainstream Islam before he was assassinated in 1965. Minister Louis Farrakhan, who broke with Imam Mohammed over the change, separately revived the old Nation of Islam. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DEATHS ELSEWHERE.